Landing-net.



E. A. UOVBLL.

LANDING NET.

APPLIUATIQH FILED nlm, 1909.

Patented Feb. 21,

L T E E H a E B m.. E E H B 3 E. A. GOVELL.

LANDING NET.

APPLICATION FILED 111111.13, 1909.

'Patented 11611.21, 1911.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

, To all whom it may EDWIN A. COVELL, 0F PORTLAND, 0REGON.`

LANDING-NET.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 21', 1911.

Application led March 6, 1909. Serial No. 481,846.

Be it known that I, EDWiN A. CovELL, a citizen of the United States, and a residentof Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Landing-Nets, of which the following is a specificationl This invention relates to the- .art of fishing with pole 'and line, and hasfor its object to obtain a landingnetwhich, when not in use, can be put together in a very small, compact fo-rm,'so as to be vconveniently carried about.

To this end myinvention comprises a hollow handle, a collapsible' net-frame and a net attached thereto, a plunger reciprocating in the hollow of the handle, to which plunger the net-frame is fastened, said netfra'me being adapted 'to be entirely telescoped into said handle, and the latter constituting its case, so that when y net is carried about the same will be concealed in its handle; a spring element arranged, when released, to project said net-frame out of the handle; means to restrain the spring element when the net-frame is slid into the hollow-handle; and means to hold the netframe in its expanded state when projected, so as to open the net. I have alsoI provided in one type of my device, means to automatically place and hold the net-frame in its expanded state, upon the net-frame being projected from the handle.

The general details of construction of my device,and the mode of its operation is illustrated in the accom anying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device arranged forcarrying about; 4Fig. 2 is a central, longitudinal, vertical section of my device, arranged as shown in the preceding gure; Figs. 3, 3a, taken :together and arranged on the section lines -c, :1f-m7 show a longitudinal, vertical section of my device with the operating parts in the first stage of projecting the net-frame; Figs. 4, 4., taken together and arranged en the sec tion lines y-y, y-y, show a similar vertical section of my device, with the operating parts in their position when the projection of the net-frame has been accomplished; Fig. 5 is a perspective view, on a smaller scale, of my landing net with the net-frame thereof projected and expanded,

and the net opened ready for use Fig. 6 is.l

pointed by the plan section of my device, taken to the lleft of line .e3-z3 of Fig. 4, and showing theoperating parts in the same 'stage as shown 1n Figs. t and 4a, that is to say, the net-frame being fully projected and expanded ready tion of my device, so modified that one of the spring elements shown in the preceding figures is eliminated, anda in consequence'of which the expanding of the net, instead of being automatically accomplished, as done by the arrangement of the parts in the preceding fiofures, hasto be done by hand; Fig.

9 is a li re section as the preceding figure, showing part of the case 1n full, and also showing the net as projected; this figure being drawn on a smaller scale than the preceding view; and Fig. l0 is a detail representing one of the two members of the netframe and illustratin the making of the net-frame members of inner and outer bands, to the inner of which the top fastened, and the outer band-member covering the net strands and protecting them against undue wear, during the movement of the net-frame into and out of the h0llow of the handle; the inner and outer members of the net-frame, of course, lie side by side, but in the illustration they are shown as abnormally parted so as to render the construction descrlbed more readily discernible.

The letters designate the parts described.

As already mentioned, the accompanying drawings show the two types of my invention. In one4A type, my device is provided with means arranged to automatically place and hold thenet-frame in its expanded state upon the net-frame being projected from the handle; and inv the other type, such automatic means are-omitted and the user yof my landingv net is, in consequence, open the net-frame after the same has been Vprojected from the handle, by placing the ject' l l I will describe, in the first instance, that type of my landing net in which are. proend of the net-frameagainst some fixed obobliged tb vided the automatic means for opening the f landin net when projected. 'The same consists o a cylinder,`a made .of any suitable 65 for use; Fig. 8 1s a longitudinal, vertical sec# 50 ed to expand and thus open the net, as herematerial, and provided at its ends with ex" terior threads on which to receive capsa, a2.

The hollow handle of my device constitutes a case. adapted to contain all the working parts, as well as thenet-frame and net, v'vhen-inyI device is closed, so as to render .the same convenient to becarried about and like- 'wise to protect the'net.

The cap a has rigidly aifixedto it a yhook a, as a convenient means for suspending the device from a belt, or other apparel of the person.

Withinthel hollow handle areciprocate.c the plunger b". To Aguide the latter, and prevent its rotation, the interior of the handle a is provided with a longitudinal groove a4,- and the plunger is made with a corre` A spending rib b which slides in said groove a.

The plunger Z2 is preferably made hollow, as shown inthe drawings, so as to reduce weight, and, furthermore, to provide a chamber b2- for the coil-spring c. The plungerb is longitudinally mslidable upon a cylindrical tube or sleeve d, rigidly fastened to a piston or disk b?, against which bears a coil-spring f, the right'end Vof which bears against the 'cap a. The iston b4 is also made with a rib 6 5, sliding in the groove a4 of the handle,.

to restrain the piston against rotation. The cap a is removable for convenience of repair, -for by removing the same all the parts may be withdrawn from the hollow handle,

- adapted to slide in the sleeve d. But norsleeve d and rod e constitute a connection be-` tween the extremities 'of thenet-frame mem' mally the tubular rod e is locked with the sleeve d by the keeper e fastened on the interior ofthe rod e, proj ectingthrough registering` slots d? of the sleeveand rod e, and engaging with the flanged on the sleeved, so that the latter in its outward `movement 'by spring .f will carry with it the rod e. The members c, k2

of the net-frame are made of resilient lmaterial so as to be adaptinafter described." vSuch expansion 1s accomplished bythe `following construction: The

tween the plunger b', to which one end of the twom'emberednet-frame is hinged, and the cross-head g, to which the outer end of the .net-frame is hinged. Thus the sliding movement of the plunger b on. the sleeve d, caused by thesprings` c, f, from its position in Fig. .2 to its position in a relative vshortening of said connection' bebers,

and cause the latter to expand or' open out, as it were,

as shown in Figs. 5 and 7,

) of my expansible Fig. 4 will cause.

of the thereby placing my device in its ready-forus'e-state. The hollow handle, a, is made with an aperture a, throughvwhichis pro- ]ected the downwardly bent head of a spring latch h, so that when the net-frame has been slid into the hollow of the handle a, as shown 1n' Fig. 2, said latch-head may be caused to 'engage with and restrain the plunger b lagainst the impulse of the springs c and '.I`he latch it' is operated by moving the sli ingbutton h', contained in the Y slotted case h2. y.

Supposing the parts to beparranged as shown in F1 2the' cap a2 removed, and the button 71. moved tothe right, so as to permit the head of the latch h to release the lunger b', the coil-spring fwill act to pro- ]ect the piston b4 and cause thel parts to assume, approximately,`the osition thereof illustrated in Fig. 3. It wi lv be noted that thespring f has movedthe lunger b only part of its distance outwar in the hollow ofthe handleand that in consequence' the membersV c, k2 of the-net-frame being still partly within the handle are still restrained against expanding to thefull extent. The spring c however acts to project the plunger b4 to the mouth of the hollow handle, a,

against a stop a, thereby projecting the netframe completely out of the handle, and relatively shortenin the length of the rod between the head o the plunger b andthe cross-head g, causing the members 7c', 7a2 of the net-frame to expand or open out, as it were, as shown in Figs. 5 and 7 and thereby placing my net in its state for use. The springs c, f, of course, act together.

In order to save the net from being worn at the ends where attached to my net-frame I preferred to make each of the net-frame members of inner. and outer bands, or, in other words, to provide each of the netframe members with an inner band4 7a4, the ends of which are attached to the'ends of the main-net members lc and 7a2, respectively, by thehinge pieces los; the outer, or

main members, 7c and k2, encompassing said inner members of the net-frame, and thus protecting the net strands from wear, while the net is being moved into and out of the hollow of the handle.

.When the net is to be returned in the handle the keeper'- e is pressed in to disengage the sleeve from the rod e, which will then be moved outward by thereiiex action of the net-frame members. lo', k2 straightening themselves. This'is required to replace the net frame in the handle. After the netframe members have been straightened out the net is twirled together into elongated form and laid between the net-frame members. Next the -net frame is pushed back into the handle, in doingwhic the keeper e will pass through the slot of the flange d2 sleeve d, and then drop `behind such 25 e keeper m is'operated to release the plunger.

' flange, thus reconnecting the sleeve d and rod e. The parts are pushed in until the cross-head g of the net frame is within the handle; then the plunger b is locked by the latch h, and finally the cap a2 is replaced.

In' the modified type of my landing net, shown in Figs. 8 and 9,- the details of the description above given apply, except in the following particulars: The plunger b is replaced by a plunger i, slida ly mounted on a tubular rod j. The pistonb4, in the prior construction, is omitted, and the coil-.spring f bears against the right end i of the plunger z. head 2 of the plunger f1 in the same manner as before described, and the oppos1te end of the net-frame is attached to a cross-head g, secured in place by a nut g. There is no secondary coil-spring as c, shown in theA first described type of my invention,v and the handle, a, is provided with an aperture Z, in which operates a spring-controlled keeper m, so contrived as to allow the plunger z' to pass to the left and then engage and hold the same against `return movement until the When my landing net is constructed as last above described, the operation thereof is substantially as follows: Upon the button h bein moved to release the latch h, the spring f will project the plunger z' to the mouth Vof the handle, causing the head 2 ofthe plunger i to strike' the stop a", and the plunger bein locked in place by the dropping of the eeper m behind 1t. The netframe lc will thus be projected from the end of the handle a, but not expanded. In order to expand the net, it is necessary that 'the outer end of the net-frame be pressed against some fixed object, causing the tubular rodv j to telescope lnto the plunger z', until the keeper y" enters the aperture 3 and locks with the head or wall 2 of the plunger, thereby shortening the connection be-i tween the two ends of the net frame, expanding the net-frame members la', 1:2 and open-v ing the net. When desiring to return the net-frame into the handle, some instrument .n is inserted through the aperture "n, therefor provided in the handle a, and through the aperture t provided in the plunger z, so as to depress the keeper j', allow the rod y' to lie-assume its normal position, causing the frame-members to be collapsed, and straight ened out ready for moving back into the handle.

The details of construction described, of

. course, may be varied as deemed expedient. n

I claiml. A landing net comprising a hollow handle, a piston reciprocable in the handle, a sleeve affixed to the piston, a plunger slidable on the sleeve, a rod telescoping in the sleeve, aspring arranged; to [project the piston, and'a secondary spring arranged to -said frame being att-ached The net-frame k is attached to .the

project the plunger, a collapsible two-membered net-frame made of resilient material, at one end to the plungenand at the opposite end tothe extremlty of the telescoping rod, and said frame-members being adapted to expand outward when the ends of the frame are brought nearer together, a netA secured on the net-frame, a stop lwithin the hollow of the handle to limit -the movement of the plunger when projected, a latch to arrest the movement of the plunger'until released, a keeper to temporarily lock the telescoping rod with the sleeve, and the parts being arranged to entirely conceal the net in the' handle when the net has not been projected.

2. A landing net comprising a hollow handle, a iston reciprocable in the handle, a sleeve a Xed to the piston, a plunger slidable-on the sleeve, a rod telescoping in the sleeve, a spring arranged to project the piston, and a secondary spring arranged to project the plunger, a collapsible two-membered net-frame made ofv resilient material, said frame being attached at one end to the plunger and at the opposite end to theextremity of the telescoping rod, land said frame-mem bers being adapted to expand outward when' brought nearer l the ends of the frame are together, each of said net-frame members comprising an outer and an innerband, a net secured on the inner band of the netframe, and the outer band of--the net-frame covering said inner band and protecting the net against wear durin the movementof the same 'into and out o the hollow handle, av stop within the hollow of the handle to limit the movement of the plunger when projected, a latch to arrest the movement of the plunger until released, a keeper to temporarily lock the telescoping rod with'the sleeve, and the parts being arranged to entirely conceal the net in the handle when the het has not been projected.

3. A landing net comprising a hollow handle, a piston reciprocable in the handle, a sleeve aliixed to the piston,` a plunger slidable on the sleeve, a rod telescoping inthe sleeve, a ,spring arranged to project the piston, and a secondary spring arranged to prollG ject the plunger, a collapsible tWo-membered net-frame made of resilient material, said frame being attachedat one end to the plunger and `at the opposite end to the extremityrof the telescoping rod, and said frame-members being adapted to expand outward when the ends of the frame are brought nearer together, a net secured on the net-frame, a stop within the hollow of the handle to limit the movement of the plunger when projected, a latch to arrest the movement of the plunger until released, a keeper to temporarily lock the telescoping rod with the sleeve, means arranged to place and hold the net-frame in its expanded state upon the netframe being rojected ing ar-y from the`handle, andthe parts ranged to entirely conceal the net in the handle whenthe net has not been projected.

4. A landing n et comprising a hollow handle, a Apiston reciprocable in the handle, a sleeve affixed to the piston, a plunger slidable on the sleeve, a r'od telescoping in the sleeve, aspring arranged to project the pisthe ends .of the frame are brought nearerl together, each of said net-frame members comprlsmg anouter and an mner band, aV net secured on the inner band of the net-frame,

- and the outer band of the net-frame covering said inner 1 band and protecting ,the net against wear-during the movement of the same'into and out of the hollow handle, a stop within the hollowv of the"v handle to limit the movement vof the plunger when rojected, a latch to arrest the movement o the plunger until released, a keeper to temporarily lock the telescoping rod with the sleeve, means arranged to place and hold the net-frame in its expanded state upon the netframe being projected from the handle, and the parts being arranged to entirely conceal the net in the handle when thenet has not been projected. j

5. A landing net comprising a hollow handle, al piston reciprocable in the handle, asleeve aiixed to the piston a plunger slidable on the sleeve a rod telescoping in the sleeve, a spring arranged to project the piston, 'and a secondaryspring arranged to project the plunger, a collapsible two-membered netframe made of resilient-material, said frame being attached at one end to the plunger and at the opposite end -to the -extremity of the telescoping rod, and said frame-members being adapted to expand outward when the ends of the frame are brought near together, a net secured on the net-frame', a stop within the hollow of the handle to limit the movement of the plungerwhen projected, a keeper to temporarily lock the telescoping rod with the sleeve, means to-hold the `,net frame in its expanded state, and theV parts being arranged to entirely conceal the net Ain the handle when the net hasv not been rojected.

6. A landing nct com rising a hcsl dle, a piston reciprocable vin the handle a ow hansleeve aiixed to the piston, a plunger slidable on the sleeve,'a rod telescopin in the sleeve a sprin arranged to project A e piston, and a secon ary spring arranged to roject the plunger, a collapsible two-mein eredv neti frame made of resilient material, said frame being attached at lone endY to the plunger and at the opposite end to the extremity of the telescopingrod, and said frame-members being adapted to expand outward when the ends of the frame are brought nearer toi gether, each of said net-frame members comprising an outer and an inner band, a net secure on the innerband ofthe net-frame, and the outer band of the net-frame covering said inner band and protecting the net against wear during the movement of the same into and out of the hollow handle, a stop withimthe hollow of the handle to limit the movement of the plunger when rojected, akeeper to temporarily lock the telescoping rod with'the .sleeve means to hold the net frame in its expanded state, and the parts being arranged to entirely conceal the net in the handle when'the net has not been'pro- 7 A landing net comprising a hollow handle, a plunger reciprocable inthe handle a rod reciprocable in the plunger a springe ement arranged to. project the plunger, a collapsible" two-membered net-frame made of resilient material, said frame being attached at one end to the plunger and at the opposite end' to the extremity of the telescoping rod, and said frame-members' being adapted to expand outward when the ends of the frame are brou htnearer together, a net secured on the netrame, a stop within the hollow of the handle' toI limit thel movement of the plunger when` projected, a latch to arrest the movement of the plunger until released, a ,keeper to temporarily-lock the telescoping rodwith the plunger, and the parts being arranged to entirely conceal the net in the handle when the net has not been projected.

EDW'IN A. COV'ELL. Witnesses: .Y a

RALPH R., DUNIWAY, I `Caen. LONG. 

